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Chris Peacock and Jonathan Coverdale of Newington Communications discuss, assess and examine Andy Burnham's Manifesto in a helpful briefing which hopefully clears some of the fog, particularly with regards to the potential influence on planning and development industries.

NJL Consulting held a public consultation event last week (Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th March) for a proposed major mixed-use development at College Road in Harrow on behalf of Dandi Living.

The scheme comprises a mixed use development of approximately 490 residential apartments, 4,700 sq. m retail floorspace and 4,250 sq. m office floorspace. The scheme also includes a new public plaza fronting College Road. The proposal will provide major benefits through the comprehensive redevelopment of an allocated ‘Opportunity Area’ within Harrow, built around a landmark, 28 storey tower.

Similar to the focus of last year's conference, MIPIM UK 2016 had a strong regional focus in both the stands and seminars. However, this year it wasn’t just the Northern Powerhouse agenda that was the talking point but also the Midlands Engine and cities and counties within these areas vying for investment. This included the Northern Gateway authorities of Cheshire, Warrington, Stoke on Trent and Lancashire sitting under the Northern Powerhouse banner but separately to the city agendas of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield.

NJL Consulting is delighted to announce that it has helped to secure planning permission for Phase 2 of MediaCityUK on behalf of Peel Media Limited (a joint venture between Peel Land and Property Group and Legal and General Capital). Phase 2 represents a further £1 billion investment in this location, bringing forward up to 1,800 apartments and 50,000 sq.m of offices with supporting retail, leisure, car parking and public realm.

This article has been published in the summer edition of The RTPI West Midlands newsletter "Tripwire". The full newsletter is available here.

I recently visited part of Birmingham described by one panellist as the “bohemian” end of the Core City. Famous for the Custard Factory, the independent shopping destination and creative and digital business location, Digbeth resides within Birmingham City’s demise. The purpose of my trip to the Midlands was to attend a RTPI seminar entitled “Ethics, Negotiation and Mediation”.

Yesterday (18th August) Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has today published its Liveability Ranking and Overview Report for 2016 (document available here). The aim of this study is to rank a selection of 140 major cities across the world in terms of their levels of liveability. The rankings are based on 5 different criteria – stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

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